Tylos (crustacean)

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Tylos
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Tylos punctatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Tylidae
Genus: Tylos
Audouin, 1826

Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos. [1] [2] [3] [4] All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches. [5]

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Tylos punctatus

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tylos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Tylos". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Tylos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Tylos Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. Schmalfuss, Helmut & Vergara, Katy (31 August 2000). "The isopod genus Tylos (Oniscidea: Tylidae) in Chile, with bibliographies of all described species of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). 612: 1–42.